Religion
written and published (in print) during 2004
- Religion has been the single most significant influence on human life.
It is so today, and it will remain to be the same in future.
There have been many experiments with Atheism attempting to separate or remove the influence of religion from human life. Proponents of this attitude did not identify themselves as Atheist for the fear of initial rejection by the society that thrived on religious sentiments. They hid themselves under the guise of philosophers, socialists, secularists, evolutionists, communists ...
- They largely came from the intellectual class of the society, who taxed their little brains a bit too much to get thoroughly confused themselves about the existence or nonexistence of God.
Being intellectually inclined they possessed the natural flair for influencing the common people. Their views populated over the print media, and later they took control of the electronic media.
• There is a folly in their thinking.
They tend to ignore the basic human need for relating itself to its roots.
As a result, though impressive in their overall presentation, these atheists fail to bring under their little tent the vast majority of the human folks.
Therefore, it is only prudent that we make a serious attempt to understand religion. These days a large majority of people seem to make a living by teaching or preaching religion. That brings vested elements come into play. In the process, the image of religion gets distorted.
- It is high time that we stop blindly following our preachers.
We have been given a head over our shoulder, and it is expected of us that we use it.
No point simply mortgaging it to the professionals.
Three monkeys of Gandhi, and we the Hindus
- They only spoke of destroying inner evil.
They simply refused to look at the outer evil surrounding them all the while.
They would rather shut their eyes.
Gandhi did the same by glorifying his ideology through the symbolism of three monkeys: one would not see bad, other would not listen to bad, the third would not speak bad. They respectively shut their eyes, ears, and mouth.
- In that symbolism there were three monkeys.
But when it came to humans, they thought: we must surpass the monkeys.
So, they decided to become all in one.
- They shut their eyes, they closed their ears, and they sealed their mouths.
Thus, they lost the ability to distinguish between the good and the bad.
That was considered a glorified advancement over the state of monkey, graduating to humans.
- And, they made the Dhaarmic man totally defenseless, and allowed the Adhaarmic man to be the master of all that he surveyed.
What a great accomplishment, and what a lovely philosophy!
One day Hindu will face the ugly truth
- Hindu child believes the schoolteacher.
Teacher says: all religions are equal.
- Hindu child grows up to become an adult, and passes on the same belief to his/her children.
Hindu does not enquire any further.
He/she remains busy earning for the family, and securing their future.
- He/she does not realize that the time will come, and one day Hindu will face the ugly truth.
By then, it will be too late!
And then, this is where we will find ourselves
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you, and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves". [1]
Only to find, in what a mess we have landed ourselves
- Often people advocate that we must crush Aasuric tendencies within our inner self.
These people often forget to tell us that we must crush the external Aasuric forces that keep surrounding us.
- Result is, those people who are already with more of Dhaarmic propensities within them - they work towards destroying the less of Adhaarmic propensities within them.
Those with more of Adhaarmic propensities within them do not listen to this advice, and work towards destroying the less of Dhaarmic propensities within them.
Thus, people with more of Dhaarmic propensities within them tend to become all the more Dhaarmic; and people with more of Adhaarmic propensities within them tend to become more Adhaarmic.
- In the end, Adharm grows so much that it overpowers Dharm.
So we see the folly of such teaching.
No doubt that Dhaarmic people must increase their Dhaarmic tendencies, and destroy the Adhaarmic tendencies ‘within’ them.
But it is no less important that they destroy the ‘external’ Adhaarmic Aasuric forces ‘surrounding’ them.
- Actually, it is more important because when this is ignored and our focus is inwardly, the external Adhaarmic forces grow so much that they charge the whole environment.
And no one; repeat no one, can fully remain unaffected by the environment that is charged with Adhaarmic propensities, if they are part of that environment.
This is where the environment takes precedence over inner self.
First, the environment must be cleaned, and then the focus should be turned inward.
- But most often those who preach often preach the opposite.
Thus, they help grow the good within few, which helps not the humanity on the whole.
- These few, who grow inwardly, tend to become indifferent towards the external environment.
As the number of such people increases, the human race gets polarized.
Many with Adhaarmic propensities stay together on one side, while many others with Dhaarmic propensities turn indifferent; thus, those with Adhaarmic tendencies forge ahead unabated.
Do you notice that tiny seed, which turned into a gigantic tree, and now threatening the very existence of the palatial structure?
- Have you seen a tiny seed that, with time and nourishment, turns into a gigantic tree?
Have you seen such a tree standing very near a strong building, and then with time, spread its roots far and wide and deep, underneath the ground of that strong building, undetected by human eyes?
- And then one day you are told that some cracks have developed on the cemented floor of the strong building?
As you reach for inspection, you notice the cracks rapidly widening and becoming very visible?
And then suddenly you notice that the cracks have reached the interiors of the building!
- That is when probably dawns on you the fearsome reality that now it is too late!
Your only choice would be to demolish the entire building before you can even think of uprooting that gigantic tree?
So, the death warrant has been signed, and now you are helpless!
And look, who has been fooling you all the while
- A large section of Hindu preachers say that all paths (religions) lead to one and the same God.
How could that be true when the very perception of God itself varies from one religion to another?
- Some religions view God as the butcher of any religion that supports idol worship.
Is Hindu God a butcher of the same kind?
- Do they realize what harm they are doing to the Hindu community by passing the untruth to the millions who pose trust in them?
But then, there are few exceptions too, who did not shut their minds
- Swami Devananda Saraswati has done this by writing his well documented book The Myth of St Thomas and Mylapore Shiva Temple
Swami Dayananda Saraswati has spoken on many occasions about far reaching adverse consequences of conversion, and his disciples are doing commendable work towards making people aware of this fact
“In BhaaratVarsh there is a confusion that all religions lead to the same goal. It started from certain recognized individuals and it is going on even now. It is not true. If all religions are same and lead to the same goal, why there are conflicts among people following different religions?” [2]
There are many others whom I have come across, and there would be many more with whom I have not yet come in contact with.
- But then, the vast majority of our spiritual gurus do not have the conviction and the needed courage to speak out the truth [3]
How can, then, their disciples be truthful enough?
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unique phenomenon "destroy all other civilizations"
Seed of Judaism found its much wider expression in
Christianity
Myth surrounding "Victimized Jews" and the "Oppressed
Jews"
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